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Fall Courses
Monday
Starts September 14
Mon, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Thinking About Old Age: Philosophy, Literature, and Film
Bill Smoot
In Person (Berkeley)Mon, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM (PT)
A Darkness More than Night: Film Noir in the Late 1950s
Arthur Eckstein
Livestreamed + RecordedMon, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Early New Wave Rock: 1975-1983
Richie Unterberger
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedStarts September 21
Starts October 05
Mon, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
The U.S. Supreme Court: Full Speed Backwards
Bill Sokol
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedTuesday
Starts September 15
Tue, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Revolutions from Above and Below
Dariush Zahedi
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedTue, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Sacred Mountains of the World
Edwin Bernbaum
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedStarts October 13
Tue, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
The Road to Revolution: America 1763-1776
Richard Bell
Livestreamed + RecordedTue, 3:30 PM – 6:00 PM (PT)
Your Next Phase: Making the Most of Your Retirement
Roberta Streimer
In Person (Berkeley)Starts October 20
Tue, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
The OLLI Salon: Reading Like a Writer, Writing Like a Reader
Mina Witteman
In Person (Berkeley)Wednesday
Starts September 16
Wed, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Modern Industrial Design in Europe
Pierluigi Serraino
Livestreamed + RecordedStarts September 23
Wed, 9:45 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Global Lens: Documentary Films with a Wide-Angle Point of View
Karen Davis, Niels-Ole Rasmussen
In Person (Berkeley)Wed, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM (PT)
Full; waitlist available
Intergenerational Dialogue: Humans, Humanity, Humanoids, Tech — What Now, What Next?
Darren Zook
In Person (Berkeley)Wed, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Of Thee I Sing: Celebrating Songs About America at 250
Pete Elman
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedStarts October 14
Wed, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Modern Industrial Design in the U.S.
Pierluigi Serraino
Livestreamed + RecordedWed, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Bach’s Muse: The Goldberg Variations
Lowry Yankwich
In Person (Berkeley), Livestreamed, RecordedThursday
Starts September 17
Thu, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Rebuilding Democracy: Making the Case for Optimism
Darren Zook
Livestreamed + RecordedThu, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Virginia Woolf’s Visionary Novels
Stephanie Wells
In Person + LivestreamThu, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Walt Disney’s “American Century” and the California Dream
Kathleen Moran
In Person (Berkeley)Thu, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (PT)
Space Race: The U.S., the U.S.S.R., and the Battle to Be the First (1945-1972)
Bebo White
Livestreamed + RecordedStarts October 15
Starts October 29
Thu, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (PT)
Reconnecting Democracy: The Phoenix Goes Global and Political
Darren Zook
Livestreamed + RecordedFriday
Starts October 09
Fri, 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM (PT)
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Inside the U.S. Supreme Court: Failed Institution or Last Bastion (Best of OLLI)
Richard Rosenthal
Best of OLLIBack to the Future: Lessons from American History (Best of OLLI)
Susan Hoffman
Best of OLLIA Pen Warmed Up in Hell: Mark Twain’s Social Criticism (Best of OLLI)
Linda Rugg
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Pierluigi Serraino
Best of OLLIKilling Dissent: The Aftermath (Best of OLLI)
Alex Saragoza
Best of OLLIAlexander von Humboldt’s Hero’s Journey to South America (Best of OLLI)
Eric Simon
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Robert Todd
Best of OLLIWhat Is Economic Justice? The International Edition (Best of OLLI)
Darren Zook
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